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Event Details 2021 SPONSORED BY TGO Challenge – EVENT DETAILS 2021 Welcome to the 41st Great Outdoors Challenge! The world has changed greatly since the 2020 Event Details but we know one thing that hasn’t: Challengers are as tenacious and adaptable as ever and will make TGOC21 as memorable as any other Challenge. We can have no idea what Covid-19 guidance will be in place in May 2021, so we have planned for the worst while we hope for the best. As such we are assuming there will be limitations on gatherings and social distancing (currently still 2m in Scotland) will be in place. Please read these notes carefully, even if you have participated many times before as of necessity there are many changes from last year. If you have a deferred place from 2020 please refer to the section on deferred routes (page 18) before making any changes. If you did not have a 2020 route planned, please note there are restrictions on some start points and Challenge hotspots. If you think TGOC21 isn’t for you, under the conditions set out, you have can defer your place to 2022 or 2023. Please also check you are happy with the cancellation/withdrawal conditions as stated in the Entry Notes – Terms and Conditions for TGO Challenge 2021. The coordinators will help with any queries but before you contact them please check that the information you seek is not within these pages. Clicking on any blue text will give you additional information. Useful contact information and phone numbers can be found in the Resources section of the website. COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS 5 Travel and Accommodation – including Hostelling 10 Scotland, Ault-na-Goire, Cougie, and Tarfside OUTLINE OF THE CHALLENGE Resupplies and Trail Food Offers 12 What to expect – terrain, navigation, 2 Medical Information and Emergency Contacts 12 climate, shelter Animal Hazards 12 Timeline 2 Communication 3 COMPLETING THE ROUTE SHEET How to complete the route sheet 14 PLANNING FOR THE CHALLENGE Sample days 16 Boundaries 4 Deferred 2020 routes 18 Start points 5 Checklist 18 Skills 6 Equipment 6 VETTING PROCESS Maps 6 Vetters’ Role 19 Type of route 7 Vetters’ Comments 19 Ferries 8 Revisions 19 Foul Weather Alternatives 9 KEEPING IN TOUCH Resources – books, blogs, websites 9 Websites, message board and social media 19 Finish Points and Celebration dinners 9 Reunions 20 Access 9 Paths, tracks, bridges and fences 10 Please open the Event Details and the Route Sheet PDF in Adobe Acrobat Reader. It will make them easier to use and print. Click here to download it for free. 1 [email protected] 01540 673 360 or 01540 673 583 www.tgochallenge.co.uk AN OUTLINE OF THE CHALLENGE AN OUTLINE OF THE CHALLENGE The Great Outdoors Challenge is a demanding, Timeline self-supported walk, west to east, across The Challenge will start at 9am on Friday 14th Scotland. It is not a competition or a race nor May and finish at 5pm on Friday 28th May is it a running event. It aims to encourage 2021. Below you will find a list of important fellowship amongst walkers fostering a relaxed dates and deadlines: atmosphere in which participants can enjoy Scotland’s wild and remote places as well as the R 9th November – routes can be submitted company of other Challengers. We ask everyone, for vetting. Please don’t send them before! however hard they drive themselves, to respect R 17th November – Any places not claimed the non–competitive principle. by those with deferred 2020 places (or those on the reserve list) by completing There are no pre–set or advised trails – planning the 2021 entry form will be given to other your own route is what makes the Challenge applicants waiting for places. unique. Some devise routes which include summits and ridges whilst others walk mainly through the R 31st December – last chance to defer glens (valleys). No special merit is attached to a place(s) to 2022. higher-level crossing – all successful Challengers R 18th January – route submission deadline receive the same certificate. for Challengers who have completed 5 or There are few rules. The most important is that more Challenges (or groups containing such every step is walked, with the exception of some a Challenger). ferry crossings, within the Challenge boundaries between the start and finish dates. This means if R 22nd February – Deadline for route you have to take transport at any point you need submissions for all other participants. to return to the same point for your crossing to be R 8th March – deadline for route revisions. valid. We ask that the Access and Bothy codes are followed, due respect is given to the landscape R Early April – Final Details (including details as well as those who live and work there and, of of start/finish arrangements) and medical/ course, you take all possible steps to prevent the emergency contact forms circulated. spread of coronavirus. If you have not already read R 12th April – deadline for returning medical the Entry Notes – Terms and Conditions for TGOC21 form. please do so. A few more Dos and Don’ts to help you gauge the spirit of the Event can be found on the R 14th May – TGOC21 starts at 9am. You have website. until 5pm on 17th May to sign out. R 26th to 28th May – no formal celebration WHAT TO EXPECT dinners but small gatherings at Park Hotel if Any multi–day Scottish backpacking trip is a restrictions allow. serious undertaking, and the Challenge should be approached as such. R 28th May – TGOC21 finishes promptly at R Terrain – If your main experience of 5pm. mountainous areas is in England, Wales or The deadlines will be strictly observed overseas, you may find the terrain much tougher and only extended in truly exceptional than you expect. Be prepared for rough, often wet, pathless circumstances. ground. In many areas travelling at 2-3km an hour is good going with a full pack. See vetter (streams) which can be difficult or impossible to Colin Crawford’s Guide to Scotland’s Terrain. cross safely in spate (high water) necessitating long diversions. There is often significant snow R Navigation – You will need to be capable of cover on the mountains in May and occasionally accurately navigating by map and compass. fresh fall at lower levels. If you plan a high Unlike Continental Europe or North America route you may need winter equipment. It can you will find few paths waymarked and some also be hot and sunny! marked on the map are not evident on the ground. Conversely there are also paths and R Shelter – The Challenge is designed to be a estate tracks that aren’t on the map . backpacking event so you should carry a tent or other suitable shelter. Whilst you might visit a R Climate – Scotland’s climate is notoriously town or village every few days where you can unpredictable. High winds and heavy rain are find accommodation, you should expect to be common. You are likely to face unbridged burns wild camping a majority of the time. 2 [email protected] 01540 673 360 or 01540 673 583 www.tgochallenge.co.uk AN OUTLINE OF THE CHALLENGE Important Note for all Participants All those participating in The Great Outdoors Challenge do so at their own risk, in accordance with the spirit of the Scottish Outdoor Access Code, which states: “There is a longstanding legal principle called ‘volenti non fit injuria’ which means that a person taking access will generally be held to have accepted any obvious risks which are inherent in the activities they are undertaking.” We might offer advice on routes, but ultimately participants must rely solely on their own skills and judgment. Participants are responsible for ensuring they are sufficiently fit and have suitable skills and equipment for an arduous two week backpack. Any Challenger who has ongoing medical problems should obtain medical advice before taking part, ensuring the medical professional is aware of the nature of the Event. Participants are deemed to accept the inherent risk of mountain walking and agree to participate in The Great Outdoors Challenge at their own risk. Participants are strongly advised to consider personal accident insurance. By participating, Challengers agree to abide by the rules, conditions and spirit of the Challenge, as summarised here and in the Entry Notes – Terms and Conditions for TGOC21. They must accept that Scotia Challenge Ltd Event, the coordinators and vetters shall not be liable for any damage, loss, injury of death which may arise from participating in The Great Outdoors Challenge, other than that caused as a result of negligence. INTERACTIVE MAP R Coordinators – Sue & Ali are your contacts at Challenger Mick Blackburn has created an interactive [email protected] or by phone on map. This shows much of the information in these 01540 673360 or 01540 673583. pages and can be viewed by clicking here. Please note R Vetters – Your vetter may give contact details with it is not hosted on the TGO Challenge website. their comments. Please copy the coordinators into any communications regarding your route. COMMUNICATION R TGO magazine – You can contact TGO editor, Carey We will use the email address given on your entry Davies at [email protected] form so please let us know if this changes and mark [email protected] as “safe sender” on R Other Challengers – Contact details of other your spam filter to ensure you receive everything. Challengers cannot be given out, but the All emails are acknowledged, usually within 48hrs, so if coordinators can pass on a message on your behalf.
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